No, I will not drop it. Galleraga (sp.?) got an apology from the ump that blew his call. That official scorer should spend the rest of his life apologizing to Sabathia and every fan of the Milwaukee Brewers for his disgusting abuse of judgement.

//Are there more important things in life? Of course, but not in this context. I hope that miserable twunt knows he is a bad person and feels bad. He stole that no hitter from CC and Brewers fans.

A number of people in this thread are unfamiliar with what "error" means in baseball terms. It is an actual statistic tracked by Major League Baseball and involves a fielder botching a play in some way shape or form while playing defense.

Knowing what would be on the list (1986 WS), a magnificent subby took the edge off of the Boston's 2012 season by pointing out that former Red Sox player Jason Bay was allowed to walk as a free agent and isn't on the current roster riddled with tens of millions in useless and dead money. I like to tell myself that John Lackey isn't either.

zarberg:WinoRhino: 2. Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series2. Bob Stanley's Wild Pitch in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series

2. Leaving Buckner in for sentimental value in the first place when you've put in a defensive replacement all year long.

or ...

2. Leaving Schiraldi in when it was clear he just didn't have it

Blame McNamera, not Buckner. Hell, there's debate that Mookie Wilson would have beaten Buckner to the bag anyway, IIRC, Mookie was one of the fastest dudes in the majors at that point.

If that's the case, then we should add Grady Little Mr Weebles' decision to leave Pedro in in Game 7 of the '03 ALCS past the 5th. All summer, they'd been keeping Pedro on a strict 120-pitch count, and in that game, he'd been brilliant...until pitch #121, which (again, IIRC) was a run-scoring double.

srhp29:A number of people in this thread are unfamiliar with what "error" means in baseball terms. It is an actual statistic tracked by Major League Baseball and involves a fielder botching a play in some way shape or form while playing defense.

TheTrashcanMan:Biggest error out side of the diamond? Watching farking baseball

/god damn is this sport boring to watch.

Thank you sir. We've all seen the error of our ways and will bow to your superior logic and debate. No more will I watch the game of baseball, as your willingness to walk into a thread about the game of baseball and express your distaste has shown me the light. Where did you get your grand education? What god shed his light on thee and granted you the cunning use of words that blessed this thread? Were you born with those wings? Did Feynman and Einstein weep when they met you, their intellect needed no more in this world of sadness and wonder?

I weep for the lost time I spent watching the game of bases and balls. The time would have been better spent inhaling cocaine from the derriere of a woman of the night. Such a wasted youth; a tale worthy of Hemingway or Vonnegut. The tale of my woe. Never will I be complete with this dread specter of waste and loss weighing on my immortal mind.

Lifeless:srhp29: A number of people in this thread are unfamiliar with what "error" means in baseball terms. It is an actual statistic tracked by Major League Baseball and involves a fielder botching a play in some way shape or form while playing defense.

Just clearing that up for some of you.

The list contains nine errors and a passed ball.

/You can't explain that

"1B/Adv on E2"

If you look at the scoring for that game, the catcher has indeed been charged with an error for mishandling a third strike pitch. However, the baseball rulebook would seem to contradict that. Was this rule added after this game?

zarberg:WinoRhino: 2. Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series2. Bob Stanley's Wild Pitch in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series

2. Leaving Buckner in for sentimental value in the first place when you've put in a defensive replacement all year long.

or ...

2. Leaving Schiraldi in when it was clear he just didn't have it

Blame McNamera, not Buckner. Hell, there's debate that Mookie Wilson would have beaten Buckner to the bag anyway, IIRC, Mookie was one of the fastest dudes in the majors at that point.

These are the most obvious ones. But what's even worse is that, even after Rocket's baby buttbuddy Schiraldi blew game 6, Mac had the utter stupidity to think that he would magically not have the exact same problem throwing the exact same pitches to the exact same players two nights later. And even that was too late, as Mac inexplicably left Hurst in through the entire 6th even after he was obviously done too. Probably because, like Buckner, he "deserved to be there."

Everything that happened from Greenwell's at bat on just points to Mac just completely going into oblivious mode and thinking about how it'd look to have "World Series champion manager" on his resume. Mac (and to a slightly smaller extent, that worthless pile of stupid Schiraldi) deserve most of the blame for the last two games of that series, plain and simple.

FriarReb98:These are the most obvious ones. But what's even worse is that, even after Rocket's baby buttbuddy Schiraldi blew game 6, Mac had the utter stupidity to think that he would magically not have the exact same problem throwing the exact same pitches to the exact same players two nights later. And even that was too late, as Mac inexplicably left Hurst in through the entire 6th even after he was obviously done too. Probably because, like Buckner, he "deserved to be there."

Everything that happened from Greenwell's at bat on just points to Mac just completely going into oblivious mode and thinking about how it'd look to have "World Series champion manager" on his resume. Mac (and to a slightly smaller extent, that worthless pile of stupid Schiraldi) deserve most of the blame for the last two games of that series, plain and simple.

I hated Mookie Wilson for years after that, then one day heard an interview with him on NPR after he got his commercial truck driver's license simply because he always wanted to be one when he was a kid, and apparently he's having an absolute blast driving all over the country being a truck driver. Gotta love a guy who has a childlike sense of joy and wonder at a grown up job, even as a grown up.

Nana's Vibrator:Knowing what would be on the list (1986 WS), a magnificent subby took the edge off of the Boston's 2012 season by pointing out that former Red Sox player Jason Bay was allowed to walk as a free agent and isn't on the current roster riddled with tens of millions in useless and dead money. I like to tell myself that John Lackey isn't either.

I was one of those Sox fans that was rather quizzical as to why they let Bay walk.

no jeremy giambi? that play alone led to a derek jeter career highlight, a career-altering injury for jermaine dye, and another devastating blow to the most talented, youngest, steroidiest team of the early 2000's

no jeremy giambi? that play alone led to a derek jeter career highlight, a career-altering injury for jermaine dye, and another devastating blow to the most talented, youngest, steroidiest team of the early 2000's

The error would have been on the ump, who missed the call. Giambi was safe. Then Thom Brennaman flipped his farking lid, and the legend of the flip play was born.